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Peach and Raspberry Pudding

Peach and Raspberry Pudding

Peach and raspberry pudding are really more individual cakes packed with fresh or frozen fruit and served warm with iced or whipped cream.

Italian Easter Lamb

Italian Easter Lamb

Italian Easter lamb is a different way to roast- dressed with peas, onions, pepper and a healthy dose of Parmesan, it’ll be your new holiday centerpiece.

Swedish Cardamom Rolls

Swedish Cardamom Rolls

Easter!  A little early, but here just the same. Let’s get after it with these Swedish Cardamom Rolls.

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Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday.  Hello, spring! I’ve been so busy the past few days that it seemed like the week days blended right into the week-end. Some of it work, some of it play, and it continues through the week, but I actually feel confident and ready…

Norwegian Fish Cakes

Norwegian Fish Cakes

Norwegian Fish cakes with dill yogurt are a healthy, easy alternative way to enjoy cod – together in a flash and delicious too.

Guinness Ice Cream Float

Guinness Ice Cream Float

St. Patrick’s Day is upon us.  It’s a date that, despite my decidedly un-Irish heritage, I’ve come to give the same deference as February 14th, July 4th and October 31st;  the second tier holidays falling right behind Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.  Partly I blame Mom for making every holiday a big to-do and partly my choice of college at the tender age of 17.  Whatever the reason, it’s a day to celebrate, indulge a bit, and move with the confidence of one under the spell of Felix Felicisbecause on March 17th, everyone’s a little bit Irish. Let’s cheers to that with this Guinness Ice Cream Float.

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Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. How you doin’?  Plugging along over here. Yesterday I had a mini-college reunion with four friends, seven nine children under the age of 6 and one husband. It was a really good time, and everyone, parents included, were very well behaved. However, as soon…

Egyptian Lentil Soup

Egyptian Lentil Soup

Simple and delicious Egyptian lentil soup full of nutrients and flavors that will warm you up from tip to toe on the coldest days.

A Hasty Devonshire

A Hasty Devonshire

Yesterday was a day. The kind of day that starts out gloomy and cloudy and never quite recovers. Every email is annoying, every request overly burdensome. The gym doesn’t help.  Music doesn’t help. Peanut butter negligibly helps.  All that’s left to do is accept it, and wallow in it, and know that the odds are that tomorrow will be better. This Hasty Devonshire might help.

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Butterscotch Rice Krispies Treats

Butterscotch Rice Krispies Treats

These Butterscotch Rice Krispies Treats are a twist on the classic cereal bar- with the addition of cloves and cinnamon to liven up an old recipe.